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ation from RhtC® in the snail liver sample. Although the 7

curves for

peaks for both Co?’ and ¢0°° are present in the

7

both samples, the peak for co is not present.

This is expected.

The C028 4n the samples would have passed through about 12 half

lives and would be present in insignificant amounts.

mm", on

the other hand, with a half life of 310 days would have gone

through only about three half lives and its .84 MEV

7 peak 1s

evident in the curves from both samples.
The .84 MEV peak of Mn>4 4s easily confused with the
MEV peak of co,
the

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In those samples containingboth isotopes,

peak from Min 24 can be detected only after the C028 has

been allowed to decay out as shown in Fig.10, or after chemical
separation.

Figure 11 shows

f

spectrum curves from three clam kidney

samples made 4, 18, and 31 months after the dates of collection.

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The Co”! and 0° peaks are present in all three curves.

In the

curve analyzed 4 months after the date of collection the .81 MEV
C08 peak is very strong.

In the other two curves this peak has

decayed out and is replaced by the .84 MEV vin>4 peak.

Representative whole

samples in which the 1.12 MEV

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peak of zn°> has been observed include the following:

Organism

Date of collection

Site of collection

Whole fish

Nov. 8, 1952

Janet Is., Eniwetok

Fish skin

May, June, 1954

Belle Is., Eniwetok

Fish muscle

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n

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Fish bone

1

1

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Fish liver

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